#longer

The decision to retire was quite an easy one for me because by that stage my knees were so badly gone. If I had been like Martina Navratilova and my body had let me I would have carried on playing a lot longer. ↗

— Jo Durie

#because #been #body #carried #decision

Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, 'He couldn't carry it.' They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana. ↗

— Charles Durning

#banana #because #better #blame #carry

We have a renewed energy and vigor in our supporters and we are no longer so frightened about the future. ↗

— Karen Kain

#energy #frightened #future #longer #our

For some of us, watching a miniseries that lasts longer than most marriages is not easy. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#lasts #longer #marriages #most #some

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#closed #dead #eyes #good #his

The kind of acting I used to enjoy no longer exists because your prime consideration is the budget, running time, the cost - and whether they'll understand it in Milwaukee. ↗

— Dirk Bogarde

#because #budget #consideration #cost #enjoy

Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#checking #each #indeed #longer #means

I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to. But it was just filling up my day with hatred. ↗

— Adele

#buy #day #filling #hatred #i

It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever? ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#had #i #like #limitations #longer

They must therefore not spoil Alexander's undertaking, especially when they were almost at the close of their toils, and were, moreover, no longer in any difficulty about provisions on their coasting cruise. ↗

— Arrian

#alexander #almost #any #close #cruise